Haven't been around here in awhile due to starting a new business venture and having to spend lots of time working weekends and nights getting it ready. I was able to make the annual family campout/deer hunt opening weekend in Western OK and had a great time. There were 10 of us in camp this year and I think we harvested 6 deer on the first 2 days of the season. I had deer around me every hunt but they all picked me out until the evening of the 2nd day. I took my glasses off for that hunt and put on my contacts. I don't know if that made any difference but I had been picked off by a doe that morning from the same stand. That evening I had 2 does come in and one gave me a broadside shot at 6 yrds. I hit her just above the shoulder and she bolted. The other doe was under a wide leafed out limb and I could just pick her out but she didn't move so I nocked another arrow. They were both big does and neither had young with them. The 2nd doe moved a few steps to where I had an opening and I loosed another arrow. I waited about 30 minutes and got down and headed for camp to get some tracking help. We found the 1st doe about 50 yrds away with a good lung shot. The 2nd we hunted for but could not find the deer or any blood. I was sure I heard the arrow hit but she was in shadows when I shot. She also reacted like a hit deer and since I could not find the arrow either, I resumed the search for her in the morning. I had shot 2 deer from this area a few years ago and they both ran down a fence line near the stand and fell in open timber. After looking for the arrow again next morning and not finding it and then looking for blood carefully where I last saw her and finding none. A friend and I searched the woods close and then I started looking near the fence where the others had fallen. Found her piled up about 300 yrds from the stand. Arrow went in high on the back near the spine behind the rib cage and angled down and came out on the same side it went in on about half way down the rib cage. She was still in good shape and luckily, the coyotes had not found her as they had my brother's doe, shot the same evening. Here is the pic with one of my brothers and the buddy that helped me find her and drag her out. I used my Black Widow pulling 47# at 28", Gold Tip front weighted arrows and Magnus Stinger broadheads.
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Very nice pair.... and welcome back..... :thumbsup:
Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Nice! :clapper:
GREAT JOB
Very cool!
Congrats!!!
Like seeing those mature doe on the ground. Good job.
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Cogratulations!!! :thumbsup:
Very nice! Congrats! :thumbsup:
:clapper: good job
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nice pair , congrats :thumbsup:
Nice double. Congrats!
Doubling up. Great shooting congrats. :clapper: :clapper:
Man I have a hard enough time hittin one never mind two.Congrats on two fine deer. :thumbsup: :clapper:
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Persistence Pays! Great job. :clapper:
Thanks guys. I gave one of them to my son and am keeping one for me. It is good to get lucky once in awhile. I have not got to go out but one morning since then and didn't see anything. Spent all weekend working on the new business and hope to have it up and running by middle of November and hopefully, I will get some more time in the woods. Happy hunting everyone!